This evening, in a fit of misplaced domesticity, I decided I'd bake a cake for the first time in my life. Yes, I'm 31. No, I've never done it before. Yes, it all went horribly awry. No, I won't be doing it again anytime soon. Did I take a picture to commemorate the event? You're damn right I did! :yay

Heat a large skillet over moderate heat. Add oil, butter, garlic and shallots. Gently sauté shallots for 3 to 5 minutes to develop their sweetness. Add vodka to the pan (3 turns around the pan in a steady stream will equal about 1 cup). Reduce vodka by half, this will take 2 or 3 minutes. Add chicken stock, tomatoes. Bring sauce to a bubble and reduce heat to simmer. Season with salt and pepper.

While sauce simmers, cook pasta in salted boiling water until cooked to al dente (with a bite to it).

While pasta cooks, prepare your salad or other side dishes.

Stir cream into sauce. When sauce returns to a bubble, remove it from heat. Drain pasta. Toss hot pasta with sauce and basil leaves. Pass pasta with crusty bread.

Serve with a nice glass of wine.

02-28-2006, 11:12 PM

phat32

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Originally Posted by giz

I will be them in class how to do chicken in foil, (to eat as a dish on it's own with whatever veggies or salad)... [snip]

...not to steal your thunder, giz, but when we read about chicken in foil, doxie and I were reminded of a recipe passed along by doxie's great-aunt, who hand-wrote her favorite recipes, bound them and sent the book to us as a Christmas gift.

It was one of our favorite Christmas gifts, and we've done the chicken in foil recipe at least once a week since then. It's become one of my favorites! Easy and tasty.

Heat a large skillet over moderate heat. Add oil, butter, garlic and shallots. Gently sauté shallots for 3 to 5 minutes to develop their sweetness. Add vodka to the pan (3 turns around the pan in a steady stream will equal about 1 cup). Reduce vodka by half, this will take 2 or 3 minutes. Add chicken stock, tomatoes. Bring sauce to a bubble and reduce heat to simmer. Season with salt and pepper.

While sauce simmers, cook pasta in salted boiling water until cooked to al dente (with a bite to it).

While pasta cooks, prepare your salad or other side dishes.

Stir cream into sauce. When sauce returns to a bubble, remove it from heat. Drain pasta. Toss hot pasta with sauce and basil leaves. Pass pasta with crusty bread.

Serve with a nice glass of wine.

I LOVE the jar stuff I buy in the store. This has to be even better. Yum, thanks for posting.

03-01-2006, 10:22 AM

MRD

Lildago

How was the Mardi Gras party and what did you end up serving???

Enquiring minds want to know :)

03-01-2006, 12:33 PM

lambikins

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Originally Posted by misskitty

Sorry to double-post. I thought some of you might like the recipe Rachel Ray did today on Oprah. Sounds yummo! I'm gonna try it out! Maybe I'll catch me a MAN! Well, MY man, anyway :winkgrin

:yay Thanks for posting this, misskitty!!! I never watch Oprah but somehow didn't have the energy to turn the channel yesterday and went WOW!, when I saw Rachel preparing this and Oprah's reaction! I've done online searches for a recipe like this ever since we were talking about 'store bought' vodka sauces, so I'm so glad that YOU posted it. Being new to Oprah, I didn't know if they post recipes on her web site but again, didn't have the energy to slog through her site, looking for it.

And I hope that it's as good at catching and keeping a (wo)-MAN as a XY man!